indumentum
Sign in to saveIn biology, an indumentum (Latin, literally: "garment") is a covering of trichomes (fine "hairs") on a plant or of bristles (rarely scales) of an insect. thumb|Indumentum of Echium vulgare thumb|wikt:caducous|Caducous hairs on a developing pitcher of [[Nepenthes chaniana]] thumb|Rust-colored indumentum on the underside of a leaf of the bog Labrador tea (Rhododendron groenlandicum)
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In biology, an indumentum (Latin, literally: "garment") is a covering of trichomes (fine "hairs") on a plant or of bristles (rarely scales) of an insect. thumb|Indumentum of Echium vulgare thumb|wikt:caducous|Caducous hairs on a developing pitcher of [[Nepenthes chaniana]] thumb|Rust-colored indumentum on the underside of a leaf of the bog Labrador tea (Rhododendron groenlandicum)
==Plants==
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